Is The Creation of Art An Expression of Passion?

Hell yes. Art and passion tend to be one and the same.

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When I was very young — not quite 5 years old — my parents took me to see a movie that changed me forever.

That movie was Star Wars.

Thanks to A New Hope (which I will forever just call Star Wars), I developed a lifelong love of all things science fiction. That led to a similar love affair with all things fantasy.

I love anything that sparks my imagination. My love of fantasy led me to learn medieval fencing and other swordplay. And because I love storytelling above just about all else, this is why I began writing fiction.

When I was doing this as a hobby, everything that I wrote I was passionate about. Did that change when I shifted to a more professional approach? Not at all.

That’s why the creation of art is definitely an expression of passion.

Let’s define passion

For many people, passion invokes images of sweaty naked bodies. To be fair, that’s legit. But passion is far, far larger than that.

Dictionary.com offers the following in the definition of passion:

1. any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.